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* In [[All Fall Down]], Father Hector delivers a sermon on remaining strong in the face of adversity, intercut with a [[Flash Back]] to the Pantheon duking it out with the Order of Despots on the moon.
* In [[All Fall Down]], Father Hector delivers a sermon on remaining strong in the face of adversity, intercut with a [[Flash Back]] to the Pantheon duking it out with the Order of Despots on the moon.
* Parodied in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]''; after a night of telling off everyone in the shithole of a town he preached in, Reverend Jesse Custer had to face them the next morning at Mass. Cut to the present day, when he's telling the story:
* Parodied in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]''; after a night of telling off everyone in the shithole of a town he preached in, Reverend Jesse Custer had to face them the next morning at Mass. Cut to the present day, when he's telling the story:
{{quote| '''Tulip:''' What was the sermon going to be about?<br />
{{quote|'''Tulip:''' What was the sermon going to be about?
'''Jesse:''' Forgiveness. }}
'''Jesse:''' Forgiveness. }}


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* Two of these in ''[[Footloose]]'', one early on establishing the town elders' opposition to rock 'n' roll, and the change of heart one near the end of the film.
* Two of these in ''[[Footloose]]'', one early on establishing the town elders' opposition to rock 'n' roll, and the change of heart one near the end of the film.
* ''[[The Witches of Eastwick]]''. As Daryl van Horn is being blown toward the church by a gale-force wind, the sermon being spoken inside is as follows:
* ''[[The Witches of Eastwick]]''. As Daryl van Horn is being blown toward the church by a gale-force wind, the sermon being spoken inside is as follows:
{{quote| Elijah fled to the Mount of God, and behold, the Lord passed by and the great and strong wind rent the mountains and breaked in pieces the rocks before the Lord.}}
{{quote|Elijah fled to the Mount of God, and behold, the Lord passed by and the great and strong wind rent the mountains and breaked in pieces the rocks before the Lord.}}
* In ''[[Faster]]'', Driver is listening to a radio pastor preach about forgiveness and letting go of vengeance as he drives around murdering the people who have wronged him. Then he goes up to the last guy on his list, and lo and behold, {{spoiler|it turns out that it's the pastor, who knew that Driver escaped from the news reports, and has been preaching directly towards him in hopes that he might change his ways. He does. Sort of.}}
* In ''[[Faster]]'', Driver is listening to a radio pastor preach about forgiveness and letting go of vengeance as he drives around murdering the people who have wronged him. Then he goes up to the last guy on his list, and lo and behold, {{spoiler|it turns out that it's the pastor, who knew that Driver escaped from the news reports, and has been preaching directly towards him in hopes that he might change his ways. He does. Sort of.}}
* ''The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain'' features a sermon that encourages the towns folk to continue building the mound that transforms the hill into a mountain on a Sunday. (This is very deliberate, though he is encouraged to do it by what page of his bible opens at.
* ''The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain'' features a sermon that encourages the towns folk to continue building the mound that transforms the hill into a mountain on a Sunday. (This is very deliberate, though he is encouraged to do it by what page of his bible opens at.